How Hillary Clinton Created the Birther Movement

“...I have stated in other writings that Clinton Supporters are very much like the Clinton’s themselves. They will do whatever it takes to get her election. I think this is one of those ploys….” Albert Milliron

Hillary Clinton is nose deep in Birtherism. Her people created the entire conspiracy back in 2008, but if you tell a lie, long enough, people believe it. Ergo, It’s all Trump’s fault. We all know the one thing at which Hillary excels is mendacity. Once again the media is continuing the lie. Her campaign manager in 2008 was spreading the rumor. The other dirty little secret about this is she was running a very racist campaign against Obama in 2008. The two of them were as friendly with one another as Trump was with Cruz. The only difference is Obama maintained his class, which Cruz never did. The Clintons treated the Obamas like dirt. I suspect, if we were to start peeling back that onion, you come up with layer after layer. If you get down to that core, you will find that Obama can’t stand Hillary. If he smells blood in the water, I’m wondering just what might happen. I suspect it might not be very nice.

Polifact

This is about more than a conspiracy. It is the story of one of the great political smears, and one of the great dirty tricks of recent years. As usual, the Clintons have managed to bury their dirty work so well, no one will ever believe their racist hate machine is behind it. And – they are quite racist. But, like all good liars, if you tell a lie long enough, no one will believe factual accuracy. So, they continue to lie, and people continue to believe them.

The other day I read an article about just that. I’m not sure if the author was a Democrat or Republican, but I seem to remember that they were not supporting Trump. The punchline is the question about people, and why they continue to support the Clintons, even when they know that he is a quasi rapist and she is a pathological liar. Even when you provide evidence, with film at eleven, showing her lying, people will say the piece is edited to smear her. They refuse to accept the fact that she is incapable of telling the truth.

“…“It all started with her and her campaign passing things around in the Democratic primary; rich,” Scarborough continued. “Now, the Republicans are wrong for doing what they’re doing. This started with Hillary Clinton, and it was spread by the Clinton team in 2008.” …But Steve Heilemann, author of the insider account of the 2008 election Game Change, said it was the case that Clinton spread the rumors. “It was the case,” he said. “I’m affirming the Scarborough-Brzezinski assertion.”…”

Mediaite

The pair, Bill and Hillary have a history of shady deals, lies, womanizing (both of them), and manipulation. There are rumors, which, if true, make her the incarnation of one of the nastier Roman Emperors. Just the theory that she has those who can expose her eliminated would be enough to completely destroy other individuals. But, for some strange reason, they constantly get away with it.

“…The answer lies in Democratic, not Republican politics, and in the bitter, exhausting spring of 2008. At the time, the Democratic presidential primary was slipping away from Hillary Clinton and some of her most passionate supporters grasped for something, anything that would deal a final reversal to Barack Obama…”

Politico

The original birther was a woman who supported Hillary. The smears against Obama were created so that Hillary could defeat him in 2008.

“…A Clinton supporter from Texas known as Linda Starr was particularly fired up by what she later told me was“the daily misogynistic hate speech against Hillary” during the primaries. As a Democratic precinct captain in Medina County, Starr had volunteered for the Clinton campaign during the hotly contested June Lone Star State primary and served as a Clinton delegate at the state convention. But Starr’s real talent was as an amateur opposition researcher—she’d dug up dirt against Republican congressional leaders like Dan Burton and Bob Livingston during the Clinton impeachment hearings in the late 1990s. She was also cited as a key source for CBS’ discredited election year investigation into George W. Bush’s National Guard records that led to Dan Rather’s replacement after 24 years as the evening news anchor.

After Clinton’s concession, Starr turned her attention to Obama. “I determined that I was going to start digging up every bit of dirt that I could find on him,” she told me after I hunted her down in late 2009, “and that hopefully that I would find something against him that would convince the Democratic Party to dump him and make Hillary the nominee.”…”

Breitbart

“…This claim was first advanced by diehard Hillary Clinton supporters as her campaign for the party’s nomination faded, and has enjoyed a revival among John McCain’s partisans as he fell substantially behind Obama in public opinion polls. There has never been anything but rumor and speculation to support such a claim, and zero hard evidence. When Obama produced a “certificate of live birth” from the state of Hawaii, doubters simply claimed it was forged and continued to huff and puff. Lawsuits were filed (and dismissed). Blogs blogged on. Our own “Born in the U.S.A” article, showing close-up photos of the document complete with official signature and raised seal, got more page views than any other article this week, even though we posted it back in August. It is a document that would satisfy the State Department’s requirements for proof of citizenship for purposes of getting a passport. But not, of course, those who wish to believe otherwise, whatever the evidence….”

This is the bouncing ball part – what you need to know. The rumors, the truly vicious ones were begun by a Clinton operative. Philip Berg’s was one of many lawsuits filed questioning the birthplace of Barack Obama. It should also be noted that, in 2008, John McCain was given the same birther treatment. I am loath to provide this link I’ve not linked to World Nut Daily in many years. I’ve not even looked at it in years, but wanted to show an example of the insanity on both the right and the left.

WTimes

This just gets better and more betterer. Linda Starr, who spread the first birther gossip is not a stranger to smearing presidential candidates. She worked with Dan Rather to try to take out GWB right before the 2000 election. She is a big-time feminist and a Hillary Clinton supporter. Patti Solis Doyle, Hillary’s campaign manager until the disaster in Iowa, is the one who admits to having begun using the birther material. On Friday, Doyle told Wolfe Blitzer than an unnamed campaign volunteer began circulating an email about it. She claimed not to have known that one of Hillary’s strategists in 2008, Mark Penn, had been circulating the rumor.

CNN

Have you found the lie? Hillary said she fired the person who circulated the rumor. This is just quite beautiful. Penn was blamed for her 2008 loss. He had engineered Bill Clinton’s re-election victory in 2006. Are the puzzle pieces starting to fall into place? Penn is the one who began questioning if Obama was a real American. Penn is so hated, Hillary insiders said they would refuse to work with him, if hired. He is doing polling for her, this election. Not only that, but Penn is the person who brought up the possibility of Obama using cocaine, back in 2007.

“...On December 13, 2007, Penn gained attention from media watchdog group Media Matters for America when he used the word “cocaine” on MSNBC’s Hardball in response to questions about Barack Obama’s admission of drug use. According to Media Matters, MSNBC’s David Schuster and Norah O’Donnell falsely asserted that Penn “brought up” the drug use on Hardball, though it had been discussed earlier by Chris Matthews in his segment…”

Let’s follow the bouncing ball. Doyle & Penn are still both in close touch with Hillary Clinton. They engineered and manipulated the birther meme, primarily so that Hillary could claim ignorance. When you realize that the allegations of Obama’s cocaine use come from Penn, well, this is how the Clintons attempt to smear and destroy. And – Bill and Hillary get to say they’ve done nothing wrong. If Hillary were to win, both will have very good Administration jobs.

Finally, if you think Hillary Clinton had nothing to do with either smear, then I have oceanfront lots I’m selling in Yuma.

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SJ Reidhead (aka The Pink Flamingo) is a writer based in New Mexico. The author of two published novels, both westerns: Dust Devil and The Second Mrs. Earp and two published works of non-fictions: TRAVESTY: Frank Waters Earp Agenda Exposed and A Church for Helldorado, Endicott Peabody's 1882 Tombstone Diary. One of the leading authorities on the life of Wyatt Earp and Tombstone during the Earp years, she is writing a series of murder mysteries set in modern day Tombstone. The author is also working on a book about fashion in the Wild West. When complete, there will be over 2100 unpublished antique photographs dating from 1855-1910.

The author's work has appeared in Wild West, True West, Blogcritics, and The Tombstone Times. Recently the author has had to deal with a father who succumbed to Alzheimer's Disease. This is leading to a book dealing with the frustrations of dealing with the frustrations of the disease, finance, legal, health-care, and things no one bothers telling families about it. A portion of the book will contain entries from a blog she kept, detailing the struggle with her father's AD. She is also working on a murder mystery series set in modern day Tombstone and Cochise County. Several books of essays on Christian living are currently in edits. A book of essays and revisions of articles about Wyatt Earp has been completed and will include her latest work detailing her theory about the murder of his second wife, Mattie.

SJ Reidhead has been involved in Republican politics since she was 'a little kid'. During the Reagan years she was a lobbyist working with various non-profit organizations who were attempting to salvage NASA and the American space program after the disastrous Carter years. In spite of ups and downs, and numerous disappointments, politically, it is obvious the only political hope for this country is via the Republican Party. Along with politics she is an opera fanatic, has been known to stalk baritones to the point of being a baritone junkie, and loves baseball.

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